Going to Qiongkushitai without visiting the back mountain is like not going at all

Qiongkushitai Back Mountain Autumn Pastoral Song · Full Experience Guide🌸

📍Location: Back Mountain of Qiongkushitai Village, Tekes County, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang

🚗【Transportation Details】
Depart from Tekes Bagua City by rental car (4WD SUV recommended), a 3.5-hour drive with continuously evolving scenery:
Bagua City → Kalajun Grassland Landform → Qiongkushitai Forest Valley → Back Mountain Snowy Pasture🏞️
✨Key section: The last 8 kilometers are unpaved roads requiring cautious driving; snow chains are recommended after snowfall

💫【Trip Highlights】
🎯Snowy Mountain and Golden Grass Spectacle:
The first snow at the end of September covers the mountain peaks in silver-white, while the meadows below remain lush green, creating a poetic half-autumn, half-winter landscape🌄 Perfect for stunning photos!

🐏Nomadic Culture Experience:
Before the end-of-month livestock migration, it’s the golden window to experience nomadic culture—
Herds of horses still roam the mountains, and sheep return punctually every morning and evening; every snapshot is a masterpiece!📸

🌟Immersive Pastoral Life:
Ride horses through the dew at dawn to explore the snow line, drive sheep home at sunset, and face the Milky Way at night—this is the true slow life～🌌

📱Digital Detox Moment:
Completely disconnected from phone signals, replace screens with stars and noise with cooking smoke—an absolute spiritual SPA for city dwellers✨

⏰【Three-Day Nomad Life Sample】
Day 1 ｜ Arrival and Integration
☕Check into a Kazakh wooden house in the afternoon, gather around the fire drinking hand-churned milk tea → learn to knead Baursak with the elder mother → participate in the first sheep herding at dusk → wait for the "golden moment" of the sheep flock at sunset on the snowy mountain

Day 2 ｜ Exploration and Coexistence
🌅Ride horses into the back mountain at dawn through frost, take photos with the snowy mountain at the snow line → dip naan in wild honey at noon → record herders cutting grass for winter in the afternoon → shoot the Milky Way late at night in zero light pollution (long exposure app recommended)

Day 3 ｜ Farewell and Gifts
🥛Help milk the mares in the morning → collect dried cow dung cakes for fuel → set off home with naan baked by the elder mother

📌【Practical Tips】
🌡️Temperature and Clothing: -5℃ to 12℃ range, recommend three-layer dressing (breathable base layer + fleece mid-layer + down outer layer)
🍯Diet Suggestions: High-calorie diet in pastoral areas requires timely supplementation; bring multivitamins if needed
📱Signal Reminder: Mountain signals are very unstable
💝Cultural Etiquette: Taking photos of herder families with your phone and sending them back is the most appreciated gift

💡【Special Experience Upgrades】
✨Horseback Snow Patrol: Choose the evening time; the view from horseback with soft light is most photogenic
✨Star Photography: After 11:00 PM, the Milky Way rises vertically; using the warm light of the wooden house as foreground adds storytelling
✨Migration Rehearsal: Participate in organizing saddles and bundling supplies to feel the preparation before nomadic migration

When the stars twinkle above the cooking smoke and the bells of the sheep blend into the Milky Way, this land will tell you: true freedom is simply waking and sleeping with heaven and earth.💫